- Encourage and support employee wellness and preventative care programs that lead to a healthier, more productive workforce
- Promote preventative care that includes well visits, annual exams, screenings, oral care, and non-COVID ACIP recommended immunizations
- Support medical management for chronic diseases, including comorbidities like obesity and diabetes
- Promote employee assistance programs that reduce the stigma of mental health by providing services and support for individuals with mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder
- Encourage collaboration on the development of innovative proposals, including funding models, to address issues such as access to behavioral health services and substance use disorder treatments (e.g., opioids)
- Leverage the newly-formed Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority to fund evidence-based models of care to address the Opioid epidemic
- Encourage integrated care models that include behavioral health resources in the primary care setting
- Support efforts like Project BRAVO which provide fully-integrated, high-quality, evidence-based, and trauma-informed behavioral health services
- Encourage collaborative efforts between free clinics and hospitals, health systems, Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and other community-based organizations to better address social determinants of health through holistic approaches to care
- Advocate for innovative solutions to expand health care coverage that reduce health care costs for Virginia’s business community and workers
- Enable small businesses to pool their risk and achieve scale similar to large employer plans through a Health Benefits Consortium which will produce cost savings, increased health coverage, and high-quality benefits for small businesses with 2-50 employees
- Recognize and support the critical role that employer-sponsored health coverage plays in providing health benefits to millions of Virginians
- Encourage the continuation of effective COVID-19 pandemic health care delivery flexibilities (telehealth) as an option along with traditional services (in-office)
- Improve access to health care, including physical and mental health, in rural areas by working with community partners
- Address physical barriers to care through alternative delivery services to those unable to travel to a doctor’s office such as telehealth, community health clinics, transportation assistance, and home visits
- Support strategies that address the current and future needs of aging Virginians in accessing long-term services and supports
- Develop mechanisms to increase individual’s access to interpretation and translation resources to include non-English languages and American Sign Language (ASL)
- Raise awareness about affordability and total cost of care
- Promote the tracking and reporting of health care cost growth and transparency into the total cost of care
- Build health care literacy by assisting employers and patients in understanding the cost drivers of the health care system and how they affect premiums
- Encourage providers, health plans, employers, and other health care industry partners to participate in the All Payer Claims Database (APCD)
- Continue to serve as a national leader in the reduction of low-value, unnecessary, and potentially harmful health care services while preserving access to evidence-based, high-value care
- Continue to promote care for undertreated, underdiagnosed conditions such as hypertension and depression
- Help ensure federal health care reform efforts provide states with the flexibility to develop quality, access, and cost solutions
- Support collaboration to streamline performance measures tied to meaningful improvements in health care
- Expand the use of value-based purchasing for health care and reduce reliance on the fee-for-service model over time. For instance, hybrid free and charitable clinics that serve uninsured patients as well as individuals covered by Medicaid would benefit from value-based payments that support their more comprehensive and holistic approach to wellness
- Adopt coordinated care models that are patient-centered and reduce unnecessary, duplicative services
- Increase interoperability between data platforms to share health care data to improve health outcomes and control costs
- Encourage health care that is viable, essential, consistent, and performance-measured in order to advance value in health care
- Support the growth of the emerging life science and biotechnology sectors in Virginia for strong economic growth and the creation of high paying jobs
- Nurture innovation and research in the life sciences and biotechnology sectors that spur economic development and include a goal of improving health outcomes through public-private partnerships, grant funding, and greater collaboration with our research institutions
- Encourage advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing in Virginia, through strategically focused workforce initiatives and capital expenditure incentives
- Leverage Virginia’s “Data Alley” to lead the world in bioinformatics, health care and biotechnology artificial intelligence and big data
- Invest in emerging technologies and data analytics that support advanced biotechnologies and health care delivery to improve outcomes and quality, reduce costs, and empower consumers
- Use lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to build resiliency and strengthen Virginia’s public health infrastructure and emergency response planning
- Support regional collaboration to solve unique health care challenges to that region
- Bring mental health services and supports directly to the patient by supporting innovations in telepsychiatry, including improvements that expand access to those with visual, hearing and motor disabilities
- Strengthen and grow the supply of health care professionals through a multi-pronged, long-term approach that recognizes and plans for existing and future health care workforce shortage needs
- Analyze the current and future talent needs for the full continuum of Virginia’s health care system
- Coordinate with medical schools, two and four-year higher education institutions, and other education providers to build a more robust pipeline of talent for the sector
- Utilize partnerships between K-12 schools and local child care and long-term care communities to introduce students to a career in child and adult care
- Support loan forgiveness programs and other incentives that encourage healthcare providers to serve in the healthcare safety net or in provider shortage areas
- Build a stronger pathway for occupational licensing for individuals with credentials and licensing from other states that is reciprocal to Virginia
- Build the health care professional workforce by implementing recruitment and retention strategies that may include “grow your own” models and expansion of the role of community health workers
- Expand partnerships with K-12 and community college systems to introduce students to in-demand careers in the full continuum of health care and the life sciences at an early age
- Support programs and initiatives aimed at reducing maternal, child and infant mortality including a focus on communities with long-standing challenges in these vital public health metrics
- Encourage patient-centered, trauma-informed, culture-specific post-partum care
- Support efforts to reduce health disparities for vulnerable populations across the state by encouraging and funding efforts to better address social determinants of health such as housing, food access, transportation, and linguistic diversity
- Address gaps in racial and ethnic diversity in the industry through intentional, long-term approaches to greater inclusion and opportunity
- Engage strategic partnerships with health systems, the broader health industry, and community organizations to reduce health disparities and address health equity
- Expand telehealth capabilities to underserved communities and populations to increase access to health care services and better manage population health
- Leverage mobile health solutions, such as medical care vans, to provide more accessible and convenient care where individuals live and work
- Strengthen the data capabilities of Virginia’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD)
- Standardize definitions and requirements to improve the collection of demographic information
- Reduce barriers for self-insured employers operating in Virginia to share their health care claims data with the APCD
- Incentivize clinicians to capture social determinants of health information, known as Z codes, in their claim’s submissions
- Support the transfer of information on health care utilization by uninsured Virginians from Virginia’s federally qualified health centers and free clinics into the APCD
- Promote linkage between the APCD and other complementary data sources
- Encourage Virginia’s requests for the federal government to submit military and federal employee claims data to the APCD
